Stanislav Markelov

Russian Nationalists Jailed For Killing Lawyer And Journalist

AP | By MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Nikita Tikhonov, Yevgenia Khasis, Human Rights, Anastasia Baburova, Neo Nazis, H, Stanislav Markelov, World News

MOSCOW -- A Russian ultranationalist was sentenced to life in prison, and his girlfriend received an 18-year sentence Friday for the brazen daylight k...

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The Murder of Russian Rule of Law

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Crime, Sergey Magnitskiy, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, Democracy, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Murder, Human Rights, Hermitage Capital Management, William Browder, Prison, Sergei Magnitsky, Vladimir Putin, Stanislav Markelov, Anna Politkovskaya, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Late on Monday the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky suffered a rupture of the abdominal membrane causing death. How many more dead Russians will it take before the world takes notice?

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EXCLUSIVE: Russian Human Rights Activists Face Spike In Death Threats (UPDATES)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Innokenty Grekov, Hate Crimes, Moscow Icon Painting School, Stanislav Markelov, British Skinheads, Diane Tucker, Anti-Discrimination Legislation, Russian Skinheads, Closed Web Forums, Russian Human Rights, Vladimir Putin, Racism, Galina Kozhevnikova, Human Rights First, Russian Immigrants, Terrorist Tactics, Death Threats, Terrorism, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Death Threats Against Russian Activists, Vremya Novostei, Artur Ryno, Enemies of the Russian People, Religious Persecution, Alexander Verkhovsky, Dmitry Medvedev, Anastasia Baburova, Neo-Nazis, Hispanic Human Rights, Racially Motivated Attacks, Gay Human Rights, Death Threats Against Journalists, Sova, Diane Tucker Human Rights, White Supremists, Hate Groups, Hate Group Attacks, Natalya Estemirova, World News
Diane Tucker

More than 50 percent of the Russian people believe that "ethnic minorities should be limited or expelled from the country," Alexander Verkhovsky told the HuffPost.

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Is There a Split in Kremlin?

Neil Hicks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baburova, Novaya Gazeta, Markelov, Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Stanislav Markelov, Russian Politics, Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Anna Politkovskaya, World News
Neil Hicks

Medvedev's conciliatory gestures may be a good cop/bad cop tactic orchestrated by Putin. Churchill's famous analogy to "bulldogs fighting under a rug" to describe Russian politics remains apt.

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Slain Russian Pair Buried In Moscow

Euronews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Russia, Chechnya, Stanislav Markelov, Human Rights Lawyer, World News

Mourners have paid tribute to a young Russian journalist, killed during the murder of a prominent human rights' lawyer. Anastasia Baburova was shot as...

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Stanislav Markelov: Russian Lawyer In Prominent Chechnya Cases Shot Dead

AP | MANSUR MIROVALEV | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chechen, Russia, Russia Lawyer Killed, Human Rights, Col. Yuri Budanov, Chechnya, Russia Human Rights Lawyer Killed, Stanislav Markelov, Russia Human Rights, Anna Politkovskaya, World News

MOSCOW — A Russian human rights lawyer renowned for his work on abuses in Chechnya was shot to death Monday by a masked gunman who followed him ...

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